If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!There are many reasons why grants for single mother families are necessary. Many of the women who fall into the category of those who need grants for single mother families are women who have been recently divorced, never married, or [...]

The Federal government made it clear that they wanted to stop the welfare mom culture and get single mothers back to work. To that end, they reduced welfare for single mothers and implemented programs and policies to reward single mothers for working. If you are a working single mother, there many options available to help [...]

Single mother help comes in many variations. Many people think of financial assistance when they consider single mother help. Many federal, state and local programs do offer some form of assistance for single mothers, but much of that assistance is not sufficient. Some single mothers can not find work that will allow them to pay [...]

Do you want to go back to school? Are you a single mother who feels that your paycheck is spent before you have even laid eyes on it? What can you do about it? You barely have time to make dinner let alone get ahead in life? You barely have time to think. No one [...]

Single mothers are often a very overworked, highly stressed part of our population. They are often used to working long hours, sometimes having to juggle one or two or even three jobs just to make ends meet. The idea of making rent, bill or other payments on time is often the goal rather than the [...]

In the United States, the number of single mothers is on the rise. The U.S. Census Bureau reported in 2000 that one-third of all children were being raised by a single parent, with 80% of this number being single mothers. While divorce accounts for the majority of children being raised by single parents, over 40% [...]

Most families do not want to hear that their teenage daughter is pregnant. However, teenagers of different cultures can face more severe expectations. When a teenage single mother's family is an ethnic minority or of a particular faith that has cultural beliefs that value virginity or has specific maternal expectations, her choices may become limited [...]

As if the divorce wasn't traumatic enough, many children feel a sense of additional loss when they also must face single mothers dating. What to tell to your child about your search for companionship is a personal choice, but some things are pretty generic. It's important to shield the child from further trauma and often, [...]

The philosophy that the Federal government currently upholds for teenage mothers is to promote values of abstinence, education, and paternity identification. With that in mind, many services for single mothers on the Federal level have been curtailed or delegated to local agencies. Private organizations have also stepped in to fill the gap. Although Aid to [...]

In looking for low-income single mother housing options, there are the conventional routes, and the unconventional. If you are a mother in need of low-income housing, make sure you look into all your options to determine what is best for your family. Public Housing, Subsidized Housing, Or Housing Vouchers These are the conventional routes to [...]